Death at Dartmoor (2002) (edit title/settings)

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• Lady Kathryn "Kate" Ardleigh Sheridan, aka Beryl Bardwell: American wife of Lord Charles Sheridan. An independent woman and author of mysteries and Gothic novels under the pen name of Beryl Bardwell
• Lord Charles Sheridan, Baron Somersworth: Amateur forensic detective
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and other works. Interested in psychic phenomenon.
• Sir Edgar Duncan: Master of Thornworthy, Chagford, Darmoor. His wife is Lady Rosalind Duncan
• Constable Daniel Dickson Chapman: Princetown based, Mid-Devon Constabulary, fine with keeping the peace, but glad of the help of Lord Charles Sheridan's assistance in conducting the murder investigation. Bristol born, he loves the clean, fresh moors.
• Patsy Marsden: Single, fiercely independent American photographer, world traveler and good friend of Kate Sheridan
• Mrs. Daisy Bernard: Consumptive widow whom Sir Edgar Duncan advises about her property, Hornaby Farm, Hexworthy, Dartmoor
• Lady Rosalind Duncan: Married Sir Edgar Duncan in South AfricaInterested in spirits, occult, seances and psychic phenomenon
• Evelyn Spencer: Sister of Dr. Samuel Spenser. A speaker and proponent of prison reform. Has several aliases.
• Jack Delany: Sir Edgar Sheridan's quick tempered and envious cousin. Lives in threadbare Stapleton House, Hexworthy, Dartmoor with only a cook
• Nigel Westcott: medium, conductor of seances, channeling Pheneas, a very high born Arabian soul and leader of men
• Dr. Samuel Spencer: Convicted in 1900 of murdering his much younger wife, Elizabeth, and sentenced to live imprisonment in the notorious Dartmoor Prison.
• Sherlock Holmes: detective character in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories
• Mattie Jenkins: walker and archeologist
• Dr. James Lorrimer: medical officer for the parishes of Grimpen, Thorsley and High Burrow, Dartmoor
• Mr. Thomas Garrett: Young Vicar of Saint Michael and Al Angels. Princetown, Dartmoor. Unmarried, lonely, and like the locals, laden with gossip, misses the finer things in life - good food, wine and conversation - none of which are available in Dartmoor.
• Major Oliver Cranford: Governor of Dartmoor Prison
• Bertram "Bertie" Fletcher Robinson: a journalist and self-styled "joint-author" of Th Hound of the Baskervilles
• Jenny Cartwright: Maid to Mrs. Bertram
• Miss Jean Leckie: Close intimate friend of the married Arthur Conan Doyle
• Watson: methodical fictional companion of Sherlock Holmes created by Conan Doyle
• Mrs. Redman: A deserted wife with a young daughter whom Sir Edgar helped by setting her up in a millinery shop adjoining her brother's shoemaker's shop.
• Mrs. Victor: Landlady of bording house where Mattie Jenkins stays
• Beryl Bardwell: pen name of Lady Kate Sheridan
• Elizabeth: murdered wife of Dr. Samuel Spencer
• Wilcox: Add a description of this character.
• Lyons
• William Crossing: Author of Guide to Dartmoor, an expert interpreter of the moor and its people

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Dartmoor Prison
• Princetown
• London
• Okehampton
• Chagford
• England
• Charlotte
• Cranford
• Edinburgh
• Morehamptonstead
• Thomworthy
• Africa
• Lord Charles
• Haverson
• Hexworthy
• Mid-devon
• Cornwall

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Death at Epsom Downs, and followed by Death at Glamis Castle.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robin Paige (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › British Detectives
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary